Covid-19: 21 deaths and 676 new cases recorded in Nigeria on Monday

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Monday, 1 February, 2021, recorded 21 Covid-19 related deaths and new 676 covid cases in Nigeria.

The 21 death cases is one of the country's worst as only three death was recorded last week Monday making it 600% different from last week's.

According to the centre, the country's epicentre, Lagos State, recorded 227 new cases which was followed by Rivers State with 73 cases.

Other states where new cases were discovered on Monday includes Niger State, 69; Plateau, 56; FCT, 50;  Kano, 44; Oyo, 43; Ogun, 27; Gombe, 18; Ondo, 15; Enugu, 10; Osun,10; Cross River, 8; Edo, 8; Nasarawa, 7; Bauchi, 4; Kaduna, 3 Ekiti, 2 and Zamfara State with 2 cases.

The total for each state are given below;

Total Covid-19 cases in Nigeria
No	State	Total confirmed cases
1	Lagos	49,501
2	FCT	16,913
3	Plateau	7,950
4	Kaduna	7,664
5	Oyo	5,460
6	Rivers	5,349
7	Edo	3,802
8	Ogun	3,408
9	Kano	3,036
10	Delta	2,323
11	Ondo	2,315
12	Kwara	1,936
13	Kastina	1,864
14	Nasarawa	1,817
15	Enugu	1,748
16	Gombe	1,624
17	Osun	1,547
18	Ebonyi	1,423
19	Abia	1,220
20	Bauchi	1,146
21	Imo	1,116
22	Borno	957
23	Anambra	893
24	Akwa-Ibom	878
25	Benue	848
26	Niger	748
27	Sokoto	669
28	Bayelsa	669
29	Adamawa	631
30	Ekiti	579
31	Jigawa	460
32	Taraba	412
33	Kebbi	270
34	Yobe	241
35	Zamfara	205
36	Cross River	203
37	Kogi	5
	Total	131,918
	Discharged	106,275
	Death	1,607
	outstanding	24,036

The total cases in Nigeria is now 131,918 after 678 cases were discovered on Monday.

A whopping 21 people were lost to the virus on Monday bringing the total death in the country to 1,607. Among the victims was a former minister of information and culture, Tony Momoh, who died on Monday after battling the deadly disease.

However, 1,286 people were discharged on Monday, having tested negative for the virus bringing the number discharged people to 106,275.